RS-2NDLD NOMINATIONS 3 LAST

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PTI

May 30, 2016

UPDATED: May 30, 2016 21:55 IST

In Chandigarh, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh In Chandigarh, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh filed his nomination papers from Haryana while Soni, a Congress General Secretary, did so from Punjab. Naqvi, Union Minister of State for Minority and Parliamentary Affairs, filed his papers from Jharkhand. Three senior leaders of ruling BJD -- Prasanna Acharya, Bishnu Das and N Bhaskar Rao--filed their papers in Odisha. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 1 and the last date for withdrawal is June 3. In Karnataka, three Congress candidates including former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Oscar Fernandes filed their papers in Bengaluru.

Former IPS officer K C Ramamurthy (Congress) and B M Farooq (JDS) also submitted their papers. In Uttar Pradesh, former union minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal submitted his papers in Lucknow. The elections were necessitated as 55 members from 15 states are retiring between June and August. One seat each from Rajasthan and Karnataka vacated by Anand Sharma (Congress) and Vijay Mallya (Independent) respectively will also go to polls. Out of the total 57 seats, a majority of 14 each belong to BJP and Congress. While six members belong to BSP, five are from JD (U), three each from SP, BJD and AIADMK. Two members each belong to DMK, NCP and TDP, while one member belongs to Shiv Sena. Mallya was an Independent member who resigned on May 5. While a maximum of 11 members are retiring from Uttar Pradesh, six seats each will go to polls from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. From Bihar, five seats will go to polls, four each from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, two each are from Haryana, Jharkhand, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. One seat from Uttarakhand will also go for poll. PTI SUN BDN RA AVA GSN GSN

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